'Hugh Clegg's knowledge of British industrial relations is surely second to none ...Among the strengths of this book, I include the first, there are good chapters on the structure and organization of employers' associations and trade unions; Secondly, a great deal of attention is properly paid to collective bargaining; Thirdly, there is a great deal of information ...dealing with the role of the State in industrial relations.
A British academic specialising in the study of industrial relations, Hugh Armstrong Clegg was Professor of Industrial Relations at Warwick University from 1967 until 1979.